Economics & Finance

Ari Belasen

Assistant Professor

Member of the Faculty Since: 2008

Ph.D., Binghamton University, 2007
M.A., Binghamton University, 2004
B.S., Cornell University, 2001

• Office: Alumni Hall-3142
• Office Phone: (618) 650-2940
• Fax: (618) 650-3047
• Email: abelase@siue.edu

Courses:

• Econ 301:  Intermediate Microeconomics
• Econ 415:  Econometrics
• Econ 515:  Empirical Research Methods

Recent Publications:

• “Hurricanes and the Labor Market,” (with S. Polacheck), In Borjas, George, Labor Economics, 5^thed.,
  McGraw Hill Irwin: New York, 2010, 185-188.
  

• “How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets: The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida,” (with S. Polachek),
  Journal of Human Resources, 41(1), Winter 2009, 251-276.
  

•  “How Hurricanes Affect Wages and Employment in Local Labor Markets,” (with S. Polachek),
  American Economic Review, 98(2), May 2008, 49-53.
  

Recent Presentations:

• Annual American Economic Association  Meetings, New Orleans, LA, January 2008, “The Effects of Hurricanes on Local Labor Markets”
  

• Annual Southern Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, November 2007, “When Oceans Attack”
  

• Twelfth Meeting of the Society of Labor Economists, Chicago, IL, May 2007, “How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets”
  

• NY State Econometric Institute, Albany, NY, April 2007, “How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets”

Other:

• Curriculum Vita

Prior to joining the SIUE faculty, Dr. Belasen was an Assistant Professor at Saint Louis University where he taught courses in Statistics, Managerial Economics, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics.

Since joining the faculty, Dr. Belasen has received a funded research grant from SIUE which he has used to further develop his research interests in the fields of labor and demographic economics.  His current research examines regional variations in labor force participation rates of women. He has also been active in measuring the impact of exogenous shocks in the labor market.